splashpage.mtv.com - 10/16/2009
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Given recent comments from Sir Ian McKellen about his involvement (or lack thereof) in the upcoming "X-Men Origins: Magneto" film from Fox, it's time to face the inevitable—Magneto is going to be recast. This was already a virtual certainty due to the story's purported focus on the Master of ...
empireonline.com - 10/13/2009
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Empire had the good fortune recently to catch
up with one of our favourite knights, Sir Ian...
McKellen, at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Naturally, we decided to pump him vigorously for the latest on his involvement with those twin towers of movie ...
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Ian McKellen Talks The Hobbit/Magneto
empireonline.com - 10/13/2009
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empireonline.com —
Empire had the good fortune recently to catch
up with one of our favourite knights, Sir Ian...
McKellen, at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Naturally, we decided to pump him vigorously for the latest on his involvement with those twin towers of movie ...
(more)
Ian McKellen Talks The Hobbit/Magneto
empireonline.com - 10/19/2009
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Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 47 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness.
Indonesian artist Agan Harahap creates political commentary by photoshopping fictional movie and comic book figures into famous vintage photographs. Above you can see Batman at the Greenham Airfield on June 5th 1944, and below you can see Darth Vader at the Yalta Conference 1945. Click on through to Deviant Art to ...
Casting 'X-Men Origins: Magneto' In Splash Page's SECRET IDENTITY
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FROM SPLASH PAGE: Given recent comments from Sir Ian McKellen about his involvement (or lack thereof) in the upcoming "X-Men Origins: Magneto" film from Fox, it's time to face the inevitable—Magneto is going to be recast. This was already a virtual certainty due to the story's purported focus on the Master of Magnetism's more youthful days, but McKellen's words confirm the need for a new, younger actor.
Recasting Magneto is difficult for a number of reasons. For one, McKellen already played him so expertly that ...
Daily Scan for 10.19.09 - Haley Ponders Sinestro, Deadpool Reboots
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• Rorschach and the new Freddy Kruger himself, Jackie Earle Haley, says he might be Sinestro in the new Green Lantern movie if the fans have their say.
• The producer of X-Men Origins: Wolverine says he wants to reboot Deadpool and that Magneto is dead. He also says First Class will take a page out of Harry Potter and become a franchise.
• If Magneto isn't dead, though, who would play him as a youngster? I'm ashamed to admit I never considered Ewan McGregor.
• I continue to be surprised at how good ...
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Ian McKellen Talks Hobbits And Mutants
filmshaft.com 10/14/2009 —
…But not to us unfortunately! Sir Ian McKellen , Master of Magnetism and member of The Council of Elrond spoke to the lucky folks at Empire recently about the roles pertaining to my two geeky references – Magneto and Gandalf (the Grey).
First talking about The Hobbit , ...
SR Picks [Video]: X-Men Origins: Magneto Concept Trailer
screenrant.com 24 days ago — One of the many potential X-Men movies pushed into early development after X-Men 3: The Last Stand was an origins solo film for the master of magnetism, Magneto , played of course by the talented sir Ian McKellen in the X-Men trilogy. I was ...
Ian McKellen “couldn’t be happier” with The Hobbit script
filmonic.com 28 days ago — Over the past few months we’ve been following the progress of The Hobbit script rather intensely. We got updates from Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro during the writing process, then Ian McKellen said he would receive his copy of the first draft in September, and now two months on ...
Ian McKellen Gives Report On Hobbit Casting and Other Progress
slashfilm.com 8/24/2009 —
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Ian McKellen Suffers 'The View' Stupidity with Grace and Wit
cinematical.com 24 days ago — Actors might make a lot of money, but at least they work for it with long hours on set, paparazzi insanity, exhausting PR tours, and the pressures of handling the same questions over and over and over again with grace and charm. But even more ...
McKellen enrolls in 'Academy'
variety.com 11/2/2009 — Actor to star in half-hour mockumentary series Ian McKellen is going back to drama school, for television. The thesp has signed to star in a half-hour mockumentary series, "The Academy," that is being shopped to U.K. and U.S. buyers by DLT ...
Ian McKellen Updates 'The Hobbit' Yet Again
getthebigpicture.net 10/13/2009 —
Sir Ian McKellen loves to talk The Hobbit and Magneto . He recently gave
Empire updates about both, although he says he doesn't have much of an idea about what's happening with
Magneto . "The most I could hope for would be to top and tail that," McKellen says, meaning ...
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